Kevin Spacey has revealed he used his performance in House Of Cards as a begging letter to Woody Allen for a film role.

The actor plays Francis Underwood in the remake of the classic political series which screens on Netflix and told the Radio Times that he was desperate to land a part in one of Allen’s movies.

He said: “Every time he announces a new movie, I never get an audition. So I introduced myself and sent him a Netflix subscription and said I don’t know if you’ve seen my work, but you might want to watch this series.”

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Kevin Spacey stars in House Of Cards (Joel Ryan/Invision/Press Association Images)

American Beauty star Kevin said that the gamble appeared to have paid off, as Allen had promised to consider him for future projects.

He said: “He wrote me a very lovely letter back and he thanked me for the Netflix subscription and said he would absolutely consider me.

“I’m ambitious in different ways than I was when I started out – but there are things like that… There’s any number of things that I may discover on this road, but it’s a wide open road and it’s very exciting to be on it.”